Mission Support Specialist

About the role

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S Border Patrol, Swanton Sector, Mission Readiness Operations, located in Swanton, VT.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in providing direct advice and guidance to USBP employees at headquarters and throughout the sector and independently coordinating the work of the assigned office for all administrative duties to include budget, inventory, property, fleet, workforce management, workers compensation, payroll, and travel.
• Serving as the assigned sector supplies specialist and facilitating tracking and support in maintaining vehicle board with current mileage, assigned agent, and next service due; arranging for delivery of tires, oil, and filters from the sector for local repairs and service; and arranging to shuttle vehicles to and from local garages for scheduled service in accordance with agency guidelines and supervisor guidance.
• Completing monthly purchase card statement reconciliation.
• Scheduling bulk fuel deliveries; receiving invoices in Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP); and arranging for payment on the bulk fuel purchase card.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
• All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English.
• You may be required to pass a background investigation.
• CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.
• Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes.
• The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.
• There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by CBP.
• The vacancy questionnaire includes four short, free-response essay questions.

Qualifications

• Experience: You qualify for the GS-09 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Developing and delivering briefings to managers to foster understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations. Collecting, reviewing, amending, and certifying time and attendance for employees. Processing invoices of purchases with the agency's fleet card. Assisting in researching, developing, and analyzing internal policies.
• Education Substitution: Successful completion of a master's degree, two full years of graduate education leading to such a degree, or a J.D. or LL.B may substitute for the experience required at this level.
• Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade levels, and may be computed by first determining your total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the your education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for that grade level.